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How do I safely remove Trogan Horse Dialer.16.BH?

I have the above on my computer in Explorer.cab. I need to remove it without doing a full format. I want to backup some files, favourites etc.. before doing a full format. But dont want this to get onto the backup disk. The files etc... are my deceased daughters and very precious. My brains not functioning to well at the moment-grief. So simple clear assistance appreciated.My puter is P3-750MHZ, run-win 98Se, 320MB ram. 20GB HD.Thanks all :)

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See the Symantec web site for other instructionsFirst you need to disable System Restore

Download Spybot - Search & Destroy http://tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/index1.html Now press Settings, and Settings again. Go to the Webupdate section, and check "Display also available beta versions". Now press Online, and search for, put a check mark at, and install all updates. Next, close all Internet Explorer windows, hit 'Check for Problems', and have SpyBot remove all it finds. Reboot.

Now press "Next" to let Ad-aware scan your drives... It will find a number of "bad" files and registry keys. Right-click in that pane and choose "select all" Now press "Next" again. It will ask you whether you'd like to remove all checked items. Click OK.

Dmiles Thanks for answering so quick, umm isnt a trojen a virus, not spyware? Also have both the programs you mentioned, completly up to date, have tried both. Symantic was not that helpfull, as the registy edits did not match my registry. Also a search of virus encyclopedias gave no results. Any ideas???????Its 2.42am here and I'm still trying to remove it.

Since you plan to re format after cleaning, I would suggest trying Adware Away. I have found that it finds and cleans stuff the others don't.My experience with W98 machines is that after running Adware Away the OS doesn't work anymore, so I don't normally use it on W98,. Its OK with W2K and XP.Available from "www.AdwareAway.com"

Run a full system scan first, following prompts. When finished and cleaned run individual malware searches. This will give you a total of malware found for that type at the bottom. You will need to go back through the list to find which one(s) are there and then use the removaltool for it.

Willcomp, I will need to replace it, (explorer.cab) or are you thinking I can just heal it? Have my win 98se disks but its a Compaq restore disk that came with the puter, alot harder to replace individual files, even cabs. any ideas?

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